This morning I'm adding Grist: Environmental News and Commentary to our list of online organizations worthy of seriouis reading and podcast listening. A wonderfully robust resource, Grist provides daily reports and analyses on hundred of environmental topics. Here, for example, I mention four in today's list:- G8 nations vow to cut oil use.
- Churchgoers grow less enamored with environmental regulation.
- Farting livestock stymie New Zealand's goal to be carbon neutral.
- U.K. tries out waterless washing machine.
Finding Grist's list of 15 Green Religious Leaders, I was delighted to see that Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Rev. Sally Bingham, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, Richard Cizik, Pope Benedict XVI, and Norman Habel (once my seminary professor!), among others were recognized as distinct and clear Christian voices. There are many more listed as "runners-up," including Allen Johnson, whose work is close to home:
As the head of Christians for the Mountains, Allen Johnson rallies Christians against mountaintop-removal mining in the Appalachian Mountains. Johnson says his
religious and environmental epiphany occurred while volunteering in Haiti in the early 1990s, and led him to quit his job to attend seminary. "We believe that God made this planet, that God loves the earth, God loves creation, God loves humanity, and that even though God gives us freedom to spin our destiny, God doesn't want it to be trashed," says Johnson.
A daily dose of Grist is good for the soul, the body, and the earth; it goes a long way! Take a read or plug in your iPod bud and listen. You'll find it educational and activating!
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